steering wheel shakes left and right when driving

[86accordlx]

1992 honda accord lx model,

Steering wheel shakes while driving ?? short left and right jerks on steering wheel when you feel it ??? worst when brakes are applied??

what could this be ?

[jiraphe]

If it's worse when you hit the brakes, then I'm going to say that your rotors are warped. One of the first things to check would be your tire balance. That's inexpensive, so if it doesn't work you can move on to your rotors.

[86accordlx]

so if it's not the back tire's being balanced. is it jus the rotors that can only be the possible answer ? re surface the them and that;s it ?

[bboygreddy]

if u get vibration at certain speeds (ie highway speeds) then that means ur tires need to be balanced. i would also suggest gettin them b alanced and if its still hapends move on to the brakes =P unbalanced tires suck!

[jose92accord]

i had the same problem turned out my rotors were worn so bad they had to be replaced same time i replaced all 4 tires no problems since

[CustomLowz]

Yup, check the tires first, but I'm almost postivie that its your front rotors. If they are in good shape (material wise) you can resurface them, other wise, its time for new pads/rotors. NOW is the time for the cross drilled /slotted setup.

[DjSpeedy]

I have the same problem. I just did all new tires balanced and everything. Also did a full new brake setup but it still wont go away.

Not trying to thread jack just wondering if it could be anything else? Brake booster, master cylinder....?

[rlyons]

Could be a CV joint that is binding.

[dbsharp]

how about a wheel bearing? I think mine is bad because my steering wheel shakes back and fourth slightly and I hear a sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sound as im going down the road. my cv's are in good shape the auto to manual swap replaced my bad one.

[CustomLowz]

how about a wheel bearing? I think mine is bad because my steering wheel shakes back and fourth slightly and I hear a sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sound as im going down the road. my cv's are in good shape the auto to manual swap replaced my bad one.

Wheel Bearing would be more of a grinding noise all of the time...

[draxo]

i had a similar problem, turns out one of my calipers were seized

[sexsiangel]

sorry to bring this back from the dead but I am having the same problem with a few minor differences, but maybe the solutions are the same. at slow speeds it jerks between left and right real bad, almost feels as if my steering wheel has parkinsons disease. when i speed up it still jerks but it is a quicker jerk so it is not as noticeable. but the jerking only happens when the car is going straight not during a turn or coming out of a turn. Dunno if my tires have been balanced, bought it from a dealer in february. Lowered in march and havent had an alignment (yes i kno very bad), and as for the above mentioned for rotors. my rotors kinda feel like a ribbed condom so does this mean they are warped? does anybody have any other suggestions or just check the all of the above?

edit: this just started happening today if that helps

[Cdn Wolf]

we figure out her problem, the belt wore threw the tire which was causeing a wobble

[Black Ty]

the wheel bearing is a humming noise coming frtom either side run ur hand along the tread of the tire an see if its even if not then das ur problem eneven tread due to lack of tire rotations but probably jus need some rotors or a tire balancing